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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 23, 1957,
ASSERT ‘CENSORSHIP’
(Continued from Page 1)
unremitting effort.”
The statement said that “man
must claim and hold to freedom
of expression,” but “he must also
recognize his duty to exercise it
with a sense of responsibility.”
“This is a freedom that is inti
mately bound up with other free
doms that man prizes,” it added.
“Freedom of the press is patently
a key safeguard of civil liberty.
Democracy does not exist with
out it. The day free expression of
opinion is extinguished and all
are constrained to fall into a sin
gle pattern of political thought
and action, democracy has died.
“As indispensible as is free
dom of expression to us as citi
zens, it is no less indispensable
to the Church in carrying out
her mission to preach the Gospel.
“Without an unfettered means
of communication, the teaching
office of the Church is sorely
hampered. She counts among her
special blessings in our country
the important and fruitful Cath
olic press.”
As a member of society, the
statement declared, man exercis
es his liberty “within bounds fix
ed by the multiple demands of
social living.” It added:
“In the concrete this means
that the common good is to be
served. It will entail, among other
things, a respect for the rights of
others, a regard for public order,
and a positive deference to those
human, moral and social values
which are our common Christian
heritage. It is within this context
that freedom of expression is
rightly understood.”
“Obscenity cannot be permitted
as a proper exercise of a basic
human freedom,” the statement
said. “Civil enactments as well as
the moral law both indicate that
the exercise of. this freedom can
not be unrestrained.”
In concluding, the Bishops de
clared:
“As a nation, we are intensely
jealous of our freedoms. We are
filled with pride that they have
been so fully assured to us in our
democracy. The reverence in
which we hold our Constitution
is due in great part to the care
with which it has set down for
all - to know basic human free
doms that are inviolable. From
childhood, these truths are taught
us; they become the support of
our adult life.
“A freedom perceived in its
true essence, in its exact limits,
in its context of responsibility, is
a freedom doubly secure; a free
dom misunderstood risks becom
ing a freedom lost.”
Principal Tells Parents
School Curriculum Is designed
To Teach “Christ-Like” Living
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MACON — The Catholic school
curriculum is designed to pre
pare our youth, by Christ-like
living in this world, to become
worthy citizens of their eternal
home —- Heaven, Sister Mary Ed
ward, R.S.M., principal of St.
Joseph’s School, told the Home
and School Association at its
November meeting.
This is the aim and purpose
of the Christian Social Living
Curriculum developed by the
Catholic University of America
as the result of a challenge issued
by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, in
November, 1932, Sister Edward
said.
“Christian teaching alone,” said
His Holiness, “in its majestic in
tegrity, can give full meaning
and compelling motive to the de
mand for human rights and liber
ties because it alone gives worth
and dignity to human personali
ty.”
Accepting this challenge, Sis
ter Edward said, A University
Commission on American Citizen
ship developed the Christian So
cial Living Curriculum founded
on these three principals: Man’s
dependence upon God, the dig
nity and worth of each individu
al, and the sacredness of the fam
ily.
“Our youth of today, living in
a world where greed, immorality,
and a total disregard for the
rights of others have played ha
voc with all that man holds dear
est and most sacred,” Sister Ed
ward said, “must be given a
way of life that will help them
live in peace and harmony with
their fellow men.
“T h e Christian Social Living
Curriculum used in our schools,
seems to be the solution to the
problem of providing those ex
periences, which with the help
of God’s grace, are best calculat
ed to develop the ideas, habits
and virtues that are essential for
Christ-like living in our modern
American Democracy.”
Four agencies are involved in
a child’s education, the parents
were told — home, church, school
and state — and of these the
home is most important.
The child comes to school with
the foundation for his education
laid, Sister Edward said, and all
the school can ever hope to do is
build on that foundation.
“Your primary duty as parents,
and ours, as Catholic teachers,”
she said, “is to cooperate with
divine grace in forming Christ in
the children entrusted to our
care.”
“Your example and influence,
your attitudes and ideals, spell
success or failure in our work
with your child. Neither of us
can do this job alone — you need
our help; we need yours — and
we both need the light and grace
of the Holy Spirit, to make a
success of this tremendously im
portant work of educating your
child.”
Sister Edward was introduced
by David Davis, program chair
man.
Mrs. Ella Sweeney, Halloween
festival chairman, reported a pro
fit of $1,752.44 on the festival.
The funds will be used for school
projects.
Athletic Committee Chairman
Joe Genone reported the St. Jos
ephs’ football team had won its
first three games 25-0, 26-0, and
27-0, and needed two more vic
tories to qualify for Macon’s Pony
Bowl, where city grammar school
championships are decided on
Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. J. R. Young read a letter
ifrom Sister M. Martina Joseph,
IR.S.M., former principal of the
school, expressing appreciation
■for a scroll sent to her by the
Home and School Association.
A Christmas program will be
presented at the December meet
ing on December 11.
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